Survey Data
Reg No
12505001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social, Technical
Previous Name
Maryborough District Lunatic Asylum
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1890 - 1900
Coordinates
247983, 198432
Date Recorded
29/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Attached single-cell double-height gable-fronted Church of Ireland mortuary chapel, built c. 1895, forming a mortuary chapel complex with entrance block (12505002) and Catholic chapel (12505003). Steeply-pitched artificial slate roof, synthetic ridge tiles, limestone ashlar fractables to gable ends surmounted by stone Celtic cross, terminating with skew corbels at eaves level, roll-moulded limestone eaves course, replacement rainwater goods. Random rough-hewn limestone walling with cement pointing with tooled limestone ashlar quoins to corners, double-splayed tooled limestone ashlar plinth course, roll-moulded limestone string course below sill level to front gable returning to both side elevations, single trefoil-headed lancet window opening with hood moulding to front gable, three trefoil-headed lancet window openings to rear gable, chamfered limestone ashlar block-and-start reveals and chamfered sill. Leaded glass windows.
Appraisal
A simple stone chapel, forming part of a mortuary complex, executed in a restrained Gothic idiom displaying excellent masonry craftsmanship and retaining all its exterior features except the roof materials and rainwater goods. This mortuary complex further enhances the architectural interest of the St. Fintan's hospital complex.